The Chinese have used green tea to treat disease for many centuries. Today, Western culture is beginning to appreciate the benefits of green tea.

Recent research has revealed some of the health benefits of using green tea including the possible prevention of rheumatoid arthritis, cardiovascular disease, cataracts and even cancer.

Green tea aids weight loss programs. Studies have shown that drinking green tea helps you burn more calories.

One of the best benefits of green tea is its ability to fight bacteria. This gives your immune system a boost. It also helps kill bacteria that cause plaque and subsequent tooth decay. Green tea can help fight food poisoning, as well.

In addition, green tea can help lower blood sugar and cholesterol. It even helps slow the aging process!

Why is green tea so beneficial? It has to do with the way it is processed.

Black tea and oolong tea are fermented, but green tea is steamed. Fermenting oxidizes the antioxidants in the leaves and renders the antioxidant much less effective. Steaming the leaves keeps the antioxidants intact.

How much green tea do you need to reap all of the great benefits?
Recommendations vary from 3 to 10 cups a day. One thing is certain: more is better, so drink as many cups as you like!

Even though green tea has lots of great benefits, many of us are not about to give up our morning cup of coffee. Guess what? No problem!

You will be glad to hear that new studies have shown there are some healthy benefits of coffee drinking.

Coffee seems to offset some of the damage caused by bad habits such as smoking or heavy drinking. Some smokers who also drink coffee have been shown to have less heart disease than other smokers. Some heavy drinkers who also drink coffee regularly have less incidence of liver damage than expected.

Besides the caffeine in coffee, there are other ingredients that are beneficial to our health.

Coffee contains antioxidants including quinines, chlorogenic acid and tocopherols as well as essential minerals such as magnesium. All of these aid glucose metabolism and may, as a result, reduce the risk of diabetes.

Animal studies published in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry suggest coffee antioxidants boost the activity of enzymes which may protect against colon cancer.

Trigonelline is another beneficial ingredient in coffee which may help prevent tooth decay. Other benefits of coffee include reducing the risk of Parkinson’s disease, helping relieve asthma symptoms and tension headaches, and inhibiting the formation of gallstones.

Now you can enjoy your morning brew with no sense of guilt!

Lee Dobbins writes for Online Gourmet Foods where you can find out more about eating gourmet every day!

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The tea is a product of a plant known as C. sinensis, a native
of Southeast Asia. The tea brewed from the dried leaves of
this plant has been drunk in China since perhaps the 28th
century BC. It was first brought to Europe by the Dutch in
the early 17th century AD.

Leaf buds and young leaves are used in making tea, the age of
the leaves determining the taste and name of the particular
commercial variety. After picking, the leaves either are dried
immediately and completely to produce green teas, or are
partially dried and then allowed to ferment to produce various
kinds of black teas. After being sorted, all grades of tea are
packed in foil-lined chests to prevent the absorption of
unpleasant odors or the loss of aroma during shipment.
In China, tea is sometimes allowed to absorb the scent from
various flowers particularly Jasmine.

Tea is an aromatic stimulant, containing various polyphenols,
essential oils, and caffeine. The concentration of caffeine in
tea ranges from 2.5 to 4.5 percent, in contrast to an average
concentration of about 1.5 percent in coffee.

Green Tea, is abundantly grown in the foothills of the mighty
Himalayas. This belt grows the best teas in the world.

Scientists from Japan Cancer Institute have been successful
in identifying a substance in Green Tea called Catechins or
Polyphenols, which act as strong antioxidants. They are in a
position to clinically establish the old adage that “tea is a
miraculous medicine for the mantainance of health”.

Catechins remain unchanged in Green Tea as leaves are merely
steamed, rolled and dried as opposed to black tea which is
fermented.

Green tea polyphenols applied to human skin prevent ultraviolet
light-induced damage, according to a new study.

A study of over 3,400 adults in Saudi Arabia–a country of
tea-lovers–found that those who drank more than 6 cups per
day of the brown beverage had a more than 50% lower risk of
coronary heart disease compared to tea abstainers, even after
adjusting for other factors such as smoking, diet and obesity.

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